Oh Bother

So, I'm halfway finished* my finals, and let me tell you, am I relieved. I can now promptly forget everything I ever learned about linguistics, and instead focus on studying for my big bad psych final. This thing is worth 50% of my final grade...talk about pressure.
I have realized that everything my high school teachers told me about university was true.
1. People really aren't that friendly
2. Your grades will drop by 10%
3. Professors "aren't half as understanding as we are."
4. A university student's budget is never as expected.
As proof for these four statements, let the anecdotes begin.

1. People aren't that friendly:
As some of you know, there is a small roundabout** by my house. This roundabout provides a whole lot of problems for people who do not understand the concept of "right of way". For example: if a car is travelling around the roundabout, it is inappropriate for them to stop in the centre and motion for another car to go. This is proper roundabout etiquette.
So, today, as I am coming home from my exam, I proceed around the roundabout at the snail's speed of 30 km an hour. As I make my final wheel turn, an old man carrying an umbrella jumps off the curb 4 feet away from my car. Quickly checking my rearview mirror to prevent a pile-up, I slam on the brakes and honk (this spry old man saw me, made eye contact, and nearly got hit by a slow-moving car). He then proceeded to swear quite loudly (I had the windows rolled up), and make threatening motions with his umbrella. Then it gets interesting.
As I pull slowly out of the roundabout (20 km this time, as I'm a little shaken up) the man BEGINS TO CHASE ME....
He is waving his umbrella and chasing me down the road.
I speed up a little, frightened of the umbrella-wielding capacity of this man...and look in my rearview mirror.
He is standing in the middle of the road, umbrella at his feet, proudly giving me the bird with both hands.
Why are people so grumpy?

2. Your grades will drop by ten percent:
Enough said. My marks have dropped by ten percent.

3. Teachers aren't sympathetic:
So, our end of class assignment in history was due two weeks ago, and it was five questions on a scantron sheet. I knew all the right answers, and got zero on the assignment. The reason? I filled in scantron bubbles 2 through 6 instead of 1 through 5. The prof claimed to be too busy to mark any of them by hand, so my simple mistake ended in a 0% grade for me.
Hm. I think I prefer highschool.

4. A student's budget is never what it seems:
I drove to school today for my exam, and I had to park...for 2 hours. Those two hours cost me $8.00...lunch for 2 days, or coffee for 4 days...or...or...a whole lot of other things.
And then it only took 45 minutes to write my exam.
Stupid parking.
* by halfway finished, I mean that one of my two exams are over.
** note: a circle in the road that replaced four stop signs...ask the government